The Daily Illini
Summary
As conversations about climate change proceed and become more important to have, it is essential for higher institutions to do their part in protecting the environment.
In an effort to become more sustainable, the University has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050. One of the initiatives the University pursued to meet that goal was building a geothermal exchange system to heat and cool the recently-opened Campus Instructional Facility.
Geothermal energy is a strategy that brings steam from reservoirs of hot water deep in the Earth to the surface to generate electricity.
Since electricity is used to heat the building instead of fossil fuels, geothermal energy is more environmentally friendly.
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